User talk:Magnus Manske

For bug reports or feature requests concerning my toolserver tools, please use the JIRA system.
It helps me keeping track of all the requests. Beats spreading them over half a dozen talk pages ;-)
Also : If the file upload bot transfered an unsuitable image from wikipedia or Flickr, don't ask me to fix it. I don't operate the bot; I only offer it, and someone else used it.

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File upload bot talk page

There is a message on the file upload bot talk page pressing people not to use it because you don't check it. Unfortunately bots can't read that message and still try to use it. A licence template added by that bot is now deprecated and bots are now telling your file upload bot that if nothing is done about it the file gets deleted. In most of the cases the fix needed is trivial and your bot is the only entity that gets warned. I'm just an anon who happened to notice this and who will be gone in a second, but I just thought you might like to know so you can take the proper course of action. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.139.87.196 (talk • contribs) 06:30, 28 September 2009‎ (UTC)

In order to trigger the archiving bot: 82.139.87.196 06:30, 28 September 2009‎ (UTC)

Wiki2XML extension

Hello, I have been making use of your wiki2xml.php extension at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Wiki2xml

I have been using it for a project hosted on Drupal: http://drupal.org/sandbox/TommyKaneko/1090360

I would like to relicense the file wiki2xml.php under the GPL v2 license, and begin to maintain it independently on Drupal.org. I believe that the code will actually fork away from its current intended use.

May I have your permission to do this?

Many thanks, Tom Kaneko

[EDIT] -permission granted. Thank you.

tom(dot)kaneko(at)gmail(dot)com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.26.34.142 (talk • contribs) 14:57, 19 October 2011‎ (UTC)

In order to trigger the archiving bot: 86.26.34.142 14:57, 19 October 2011‎ (UTC)

Bug with Original upload date

Why is the date given as |Datum = 1879-12-31 considered as {{Original upload date|1879-12-31}}? The file was originally uploaded to de.wikipedia in June 2011. --Leyo 09:08, 21 September 2012

This bug, which falsifies facts, is always occurring if the date in the source project is given in YYYY-MM-DD (another example). --Leyo 10:33, 14 January 2013

Parliament building of Benin

Greetings,

I saw the picture mentionned in the subject on the Benin page as well as Porto-Novo page. And it is written that it is the siege of Benin Parliament. Please, note that this is wrong. The building name in French is Palais des Congrès which can be litteraly translated as Palace of Congress, but its purpose is just to host events like seminars, conference and meeting. Benin Parliament siege is the "Palais des Gouverneurs" in French. And it is located in Porto-Novo, not Cotonou. Since i'm not used to editing wikipedia articles, I think i might let you know so you can correct this.

Best regards

Gildas Jr.

Alpakas

Hallo, wo sind denn die Alpakas in Lennep? Ich habe heute welche in Halver-Edelkirchen gesehen. -- 78.50.113.226 17:56, 24 April 2013 (UTC)

Eh, in Lennep vielleicht? Weiss weder was über Alpakas noch über Lennep, also... --Magnus Manske (talk) 15:20, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Use of a picture

Hi,

We’d like to use some of your pictures for a book that will be publish next fall. On the Internet site that we consulted, it says that the pictures are copyright free.

The title of the book is Secrets de plantes 2 and the name of the author is Fabien Girard. The intial print run will be 1000 copies.

We’d like to have your autorisation by e-mail to use those pictures.

Here are the links of the pictures.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Althaea_officinalis_'Marsh_Mallow'_(Malvaceae)_flower.JPG

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Althaea_officinalis_'Marsh_Mallow'_(Malvaceae)_plant.JPG

Thank you.

Stéphane Aubut Editor assistant for les Éditions JCL

stephane@jcl.qc.ca

File:Navajo Code Talker Monument.JPG

File:Navajo Code Talker Monument.JPG has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry. If you created this file, please note that the fact that it has been proposed for deletion does not necessarily mean that we do not value your kind contribution. It simply means that one person believes that there is some specific problem with it, such as a copyright issue. Please remember to respond to and – if appropriate – contradict the arguments supporting deletion. Arguments which focus on the nominator will not affect the result of the nomination. Thank you!

Kelly (talk) 23:19, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

Stop Uploading Obscene Pictures

I request you not to upload useless, obscene pictures that have no educational value, and only increase the lust in the hearts of men. Thank you. -Polytope4d (talk) 17:16, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

You, Sir, have problems on so many levels. --Magnus Manske (talk) 08:27, 21 May 2013 (UTC)